VIGRE Seminar Fall 2003

Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics
MA/STAT 598V: VIGRE Liftoff Seminar: Explore Statistics and Mathematics Research

Wednesdays, 4:30 PM, UNIV 101 This special seminar series is designed to introduce new graduate students as well as upper-class undergraduate majors in statistics and mathematics to different faculty active in research in the Department of Statistics and in the Department of Mathematics. Each week a different faculty member presents a talk at the undergraduate level to introduce students to different areas of research.

The series is also offered as a one credit course STAT 598V (or MA 598V). The instructor/coordinator is Professor M.E. Bock. For further information please contact Professor Bock by email at mbock@stat.purdue.edu or by phone at 765-494-3141.

Schedule

Wednesday, September 3, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Steve Bell, Purdue University
Life as a Graduate Student

Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Rebecca W. Doerge, Purdue University
Using Statistics to Understand the Location and Behavior of Genes

Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor George P. McCabe, Purdue University
Some Statistical Problems Related to Vitamin A Deficiency and Anemia in Developing Countries

Wednesday, September 24, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Frederi G. Viens, Purdue University
Stochastic Analysis: Theory or Tool?

Wednesday, October 1, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Dr. William J. Browning, Founder and President of Applied Mathematics, Inc.
Some Applications of Mathemtics in Industry

Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Donatella Danielli, Purdue University
An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

Wednesday, October 15, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Burgess Davis, Purdue University
Random Walk and Heat Conduction

Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor David S. Moore
So You're a Teacher? What Should You Be Learning?

Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Antonio Sa Barreto, Purdue University
Radon Transform and Tomography

Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
There Will Be No Speaker This Week

Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Carl Cowen, Purdue University
Connections Between Mathematics and Biology: an Invitation to Cross-disciplinary Research

Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Patricia Bauman, Purdue University
Partial Differential Equations and Materials Science

Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Min Chen, Purdue University
Mathematical Modeling of Water Waves

Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 4:30 PM in UNIV 101
Professor Tonglin Zhang, Purdue University
Test of Significance for Spatial Clusters